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Friday, September 12, 1980

It is exceedingly deleteri-
ous' to withdraw the sanc-
tion of religion from

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

amusement. If we feel that and blot out its pleasant
it is all injurious we should sunshine.
— E.H. Chapin
strip the earth of its flowers

The Jews of Singapore

By WARREN FREEDMAN

Approximately 500 Jews
call Singapore their home
today although the number
has been steadily declining
in recent years. The
backbone of the Jewish
community are the Iraqi
Jews who maintain an Or-
thodox practice replete with
kashrut.
There are two synagogues
in operation: the main
synagogue, Maghain Av-
oth, on Waterloo Street and
the Reuben Menasseh
Meyer Synagogue on Oxley
Rise. There are 28 Sifrei
Torah in Singapore.
The community Sun-
day school for 30 stu-
dents is under the youth-
ful leadership of Rabbi
Ben Zakin. (Rabbi Zakin
is a native of Spanish
Morocco.) The school oc-
cupies the lower floor of
the Menora Club prem-
ises in Oxley Rise.
Singapore Jewry main-
tains regular contact with
the small Jewish com-
munities of Indonesia and
Malaysia. But Singapore
Jews are troubled by their
"dual loyalties" because the

Chinese majority and the
Malay minority have suc-
cessfully submerged their
ethnic identities.

LENNY
LIEBERMAN

Orchestra

559-0844

FORESTS

"Cleanliness is next to
godliness," it is said. Care-
fulness leads to cleanliness,
cleanliness to purity, purity
to humility, humility to
saintliness, saintliness to
fear of sin, fear of sin to hol-
iness, and holiness to im-
mortality.
— Talmud

that bell/Jour name

Long after you have gone, forests in Israel
renewing themselves in the cycle of sea-
sons, will keep your memory ever green.
When making your Will, provide that a
forest in Israel be planted in your name or
in that of someone dear to you, handing
down your last wish from generation to
generation.

A bequest to the J.N.F. is a bequest to the
entire Jewish people, linking the name
of the Testator with Israel in perpetuity.

For information and advice
in strict confidence apply to

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

27308 Southfield Southfield, Mi. 48076
557-6644

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Inc.

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Rodney S. Allen, former
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winner of 1979 "Diamonds
Today" jewelry design
competition invites you to call
on him at his newly opened
design studio located in
Farmington Hills.

WHAT THE MIND
CONCEIVES
THE HAND CREATES.

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a healthy & happy
New Year

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Bloomfield Plaza.

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